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Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I was not informed that my amendments were being taken.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I do not think that is correct. All this debate and the discussion earlier at the briefing indicate that this is an exceptionally complex matter. It is, literally, one of life and death. It goes to the heart of some significant issues within healthcare, the right to know and the duty of candour. It underlines how inappropriately this has been handled in the sense of being rushed and all...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Before the Minister sits down, perhaps he will clarify something. It could be significant.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It is important to note that while there is a lot of focus on the issue of open disclosure, the original, horrific and fatal problems associated with CervicalCheck the last time were to do with poor standards in the labs. That was the fundamental problem. In the past week or two, we read some of the background to that decision taken in 2008 by the then Minister to outsource all of the lab...

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the Berlin declaration setting out the biopharmaceutical industry vision for equitable access in pandemics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61260/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with civil society organisations (details supplied) regarding an international pandemic treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61261/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the European Union and the World Health Organization with regard to an international pandemic treaty; the role Ireland will play in the negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61262/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 156. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 22 June 2022, the steps being taken to progress nurse prescribing of opioid substitution therapy; the reason this has still not been developed given the urgent need for additional personnel to prescribe; if his attention has been brought to the temporary closure of a detox unit (details supplied) during the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation 15 of the national cancer strategy in respect of a comprehensive cancer care centre; the engagements he has had with an institute (details supplied) regarding its plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61264/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. Mr. Watt's opening statement refers to refocusing the health service and moving away from acute hospitals to community care and developing the area of social care. This is a key element of Sláintecare. I agree that there are very positive signs about framing that process of refocusing. The proposed hubs are a very good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, but the Department is dealing with multiple crises every day. That is not a reflection on Mr. Watt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: It is like fixing an aircraft while in flight. That is the analogy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Sure, but we need the list of functions and who is doing what. Will we get that list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Mr. Mulvany said that the RHAs will feed in to those. Surely that should be designed beforehand?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: That is different now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Before that happens, there is a question of what powers will be given to RHAs and what functions will stay centrally or be devolved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: How is that going to be decided and when will we know that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I have one final brief question on the business case and the proposal to opt for number two in the list of three options. Does Mr. Watt accept now that it constrains the health service in terms of restructuring? Does he accept that there is a need to revisit that Cabinet decision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I warmly welcome the decision by the Cabinet this morning to approve the public-only consultant contract. It is a very important breakthrough. As we know, that proposal was a key element of Sláintecare. I hope it will now clear the way for the filling of the 900 vacant posts within hospitals and, most importantly, clear the way for the introduction of timely access to care for public...